Courses

Ceramics

We offer courses on ceramic arts for adults of all skill levels over three terms per year. Registration is open to anyone over the age of 18 unless otherwise noted.

collage of 4 images representing Summer 2026 courses

Registration for our courses is open to anyone 18+ except where otherwise noted.

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Summer 2026 Courses

Registration is now closed for Summer 2026 courses. Registration remains open for summer workshops & events.

3D Printing Mural

Intermediate - Advanced
Meets Mondays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, June 1 - July 27, 2026
Instructor: Marek Jacisin
Students will design and produce 10" x 10" ceramic tiles using clay 3D printing. Each tile features a vessel form printed directly onto a clay slab...

Basics and Challenges on Mondays

Beginner - Advanced
Meets Mondays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, June 8 - August 3, 2026
Instructor: Katie Fee
Through demonstrations, individual critiques, and extensive hands-on practice, students will learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing, hand building, and...

two pairs of hands at a potter's wheel - teacher and student

Basics and Challenges on Tuesdays

Beginner - Advanced
Meets Tuesdays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, June 9 - August 4, 2026
Instructor: Kyle Johns
Through demonstrations, individual critiques, and extensive hands-on practice, students will learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing, hand building, and...

Basics and Challenges on Thursdays

Beginner - Advanced
Meets Thursdays , 6:30pm - 9:30pm, June 11 - August 6, 2026
Instructor: Kyle Johns
Through demonstrations, individual critiques, and extensive hands-on practice, students will learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing, hand building, and...

Choices and Challenges – What if? Why not?

Intermediate - Advanced
Meets Wednesdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm, June 3 - July 29, 2026
Instructor: Tom Hubbard
Spend the summer exploring new directions in your studio practice. In this class, students respond to weekly prompts, selecting a making method—wheel...

Combined Methods

Intermediate - Advanced
Meets Wednesdays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, June 3 - July 29, 2026
Instructor: Ashton Keen
Join Ashton Keen, our 2024-26 Artist in Residence, for this course designed for Intermediate-Advanced students. This course encourages students to...

ceramic bowl by Ashton Keen featuring soft orange/pink/tan drips of flashing slip with darker areas of clay showing through, with single black dandelion motif

Explore Mid-Range Soda

Intermediate - Advanced
Meets Thursdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm, June 11 - August 6, 2026
Instructor: Katie Fee
This class introduces a range of vessel-making techniques with a focused exploration of the relationship between surface and form. Through a combination...

stack of plates with rim with four lobes

General Store – Hand-built functional ware, sundries, and other oddities

Beginner - Advanced
Meets Thursdays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, June 4 - July 30, 2026
Instructor: Tom Hubbard
Inspired by the historic general store—a hub for all things useful and essential—this class will explore a range of hand-built ceramic forms such as bottles...

three long-necked pouring vessels by Tom Hubbard

Introduction to Wheel Throwing

Beginner - Intermediate
Meets Saturdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm, June 13 - August 8, 2026
Instructor: Adriana Sousa Estrella
This course uses the potter’s wheel as a tool for making functional pottery, as well as introducing ways the wheel can be used to create...

Life with Flowers

Beginner - Advanced
Meets Wednesdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm, June 3 - July 29, 2026
Instructor: Diane Lulek
Explore the intersection of ceramics and the natural world through flower-inspired forms. In this class, students will learn to create slab-built objects...

Summer 2026 Online Course

Experimental Photography on Clay - Online Course

Level: Beginning – Intermediate

Meets via Zoom on Wednesdays, 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM, June 3 – August 5 (10 classes)
Instructor: Anne Eder
Note: this is an online-only course and does not include access to the Ceramics Program facility.

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